Stories by Ben Estes

Nobody was too worried when Roy Roundtree was forced to miss most of fall camp after undergoing knee surgery. The fifth-year senior wide receiver was back in time for the season opener against Alabama and hasn’t missed time since.

But for all the heroics he's previously displayed against Notre Dame, Denard Robinson finally ran out of magic. A series of missed opportunities and mind-boggling mistakes — none more prominent than Robinson’s own — doomed No. 18 Michigan in a 13-6 loss to the 11th-ranked Fighting Irish.

After two weeks of playing against subpar opponents — though Air Force certainly didn’t play like one — the No. 18 Michigan football team returns to stiffer competition this week with a primetime tilt against Notre Dame on the road.

It was when Fitzgerald Toussaint paused that the inevitable outcome became clear.
It happened late in the first quarter on Saturday, when the redshirt junior running back broke a tackle after having bounced to the outside. Toussaint stopped briefly to regain his balance. Upon recovery, he found himself about 10 yards from the end zone. There were no Massachusetts defenders in immediate sight.

The Michigan football team’s passing game has been seized by Devinmania, with the development of junior receiver Devin Gardner and the emergence of freshman tight end Devin Funchess dominating the conversation surrounding the team this week.